The Type III retained four 4-inch guns, a quad pom-pom, 20 mm weapons, and 110 depth charges, but added two 21-inch torpedoes. Surface raiders made some anti-surface capability understandable, yet two torpedoes offered too little salvo weight to justify the trade. That limitation mattered because the class's primary work was convoy protection and anti-submarine warfare. The discussion is anchored by the loss of a Type III in the Adriatic and the operations of the Royal Navy Adriatic Flotilla.
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Type III: trading a gun mount for torpedoes
Type III Hunts replaced a twin 4-inch mount with two torpedo tubes, too little anti-surface capability to justify the exchange for an escort ship.